condonation
Overlooking an offense
Condonation is the act of condoning—forgiving, overlooking, or implicitly accepting wrongdoing.
The word appears most often in legal contexts, particularly divorce law, where condonation of a spouse's offense (such as adultery) could bar using that offense as grounds for divorce: The court found that her continued cohabitation with him constituted condonation of the affair.
Official release from punishment
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- exonerationOfficial clearing of blame
acquittal · remission · reprieve · mercy · grace · overlooking · reconciliation · forbearance
Protected from harm
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
acquittal · commutation · quittance · waiver · release · exculpation · dismissal · stay
Reason proving rightness
- rationalizationInventing acceptable motives afterward
- mitigationReduction of severity
- extenuationPartial justification for fault
- defenseProtection against harm
vindication · pretext · explanation · grounds · plea · apology · allowance · acceptance
pardon
Official release from punishment
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
exoneration · acquittal · remission · reprieve · mercy · grace · overlooking · reconciliation · forbearance · compassion
immunity
Protected from harm
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
clearance · acquittal · commutation · quittance · waiver · release · exculpation · dismissal · stay · reprieve
justification
Reason proving rightness
- rationalizationInventing acceptable motives afterward
- mitigationReduction of severity
- extenuationPartial justification for fault
defense · vindication · pretext · explanation · grounds · plea · apology · allowance · acceptance · sanction
- mercyclemency, compassion, forgiveness, leniency, lenience
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, making up
condonationcondemnation
Severe disapproval expressed formally
punishment · discipline · castigation · penalization · chastisement
condonationblame
Assign responsibility for wrongdoing
censure · denunciation · condemnation · rebuke · reproach
condone, condoning, condoned, condones, condoner, condonable